Fitzgerald shines on Diamond in opener

I had been disappointed with a couple of my runners in the past few weeks but was happy with the way this fella worked during the week and told David (Kiely, owner) to have a few quid on him,. Shane gave him a great ride and he is a nice horse who jumps well. He is a half-brother to (six-time winner) The Little Yank, is a grand horse and we might send end up sending him to Doncaster (sales). His owner also had last year's champion point-to-pointer Rocky's Howya but he got a leg at the end of last year.

Consecutive wins for Ernie From Nurney

that was grand and he keeps improving the whole time. Peter is with me every day and is riding well. I'm delighted for him and he has done a lot of work with this lad as he wasn't easy in the early days. It is great he won again for the syndicate and they'd love to have a day out in Galway so I might protect his hurdle mark until then and go for a chase next.

Ott off the mark with Ceiling

That's my first winner and we only have a handful of horses and a restricted license. I'm disabled (following a fall in 2015) so I am full-time with the horses, it is enough to keep me going and we do a small bit of farming. My two sons Andy and Luke both ride and Andy is in American at the moment and has eight winners ridden. He is on the 90 day visa and hopefully will be home before the point-to-point season finishes as he is still in with a chance in the novice riders championship.

Consistent Cosmo strikes again

You can't knock him as you won't find a tougher horse in training. He had finished second to Aodhan May twice so we were delighted when we saw that Charles (Byrnes, trainer) had nothing in it!. Neil (Cox, owner) was patient and gave him the time he needed last year and every day this season the horse has been good. His jumping wasn't brilliant in the past but cheekpieces have helped and he now makes ground at his hurdles. I wouldn't like running him back so soon as today but the heavier the ground, the better for him. He'll school over fences before going out for the summer.

Favori has to fight in Limerick feature

Another Ocana registers second Limerick win

Eon was actually fairly happy going to the final fence as he was letting him fill up a bit and they gave it one go. He is a real course specialist and puts his best foot forward here. We came here today with the intention of putting him away for the summer and that's what we'll do. There is a Meathman, a Galwayman and the rest of the (nine-member Tribes, Royals & Rebels Syndicate) owners are from Cork.

Castle another Mullins bumper winner in Limerick finale